Refrigerator cabinet



Patented June 9, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REFRIGERATOR CABINET Linda F. Seifert, New York, N. Y.

Application January 24, 1936, Serial No. 60,618

1 Claim. (01. 312-112) This invention relates to window boxes. It is particularly directed to a refrigerator cabinet adapted to be mounted on a window sill for keeping the contents cool and exposed to the outside air, while preventing air from passing to the inside of the room through the window.

An object of this invention is to provide a window box of the character described, so constructed that the same may be quickly and easily assembled, and mounted on or removed from the window.

A further object of this invention is to provide a strong and rugged window box of the character described, which shall be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to install, and withal, practical and eflicient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements,

and arrangement of parts which will, be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the bottom portion of a window with my improved window box mounted thereon, showing the cover thereof open;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a window box embodying the invention and illustrating a modified form thereof.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, Ill designates a window frame having an inwardly extending sill or shelf The side walls |3 of the window frame have the usual grooves M in which the bottom window |5 slides. Fixed to the side 'walls l3 of the frame, are vertical molding strips |6 interconnected at the bottom by a horizontal molding strip I1 fixed to the Window sill I.

In the drawing, l8 designates my improved window box or refrigerator cabinet adapted to be removably mounted on the window frame, as Will appear in greater detail hereinafter. Said refrigerator box l8 comprises a bottom wall 20, a front wall 2| and end walls 22. The box also has a top wall 23 adjacent the rear of the box, to which there is hinged, as at 24, a topcover 25 covering the top of the box. Said cover may be provided with a handle 2? to facilitate opening and closing thereof. The bottom wall 20, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, rests on the strip I1 and is thus raised above the upper surface of the window sill II. For maintaining the bottom wall of the box in a horizontal plane, there may be attached to the under side thereof, an elongated strip 28 here shown for the purpose of illustration only in the form of a channel having substantially the same height as the strip IT.

The rear edges or portions of the bottom wall 20 and top wall. 23 are similar in construction and symmetrically disposed with respect to one another. The bottom wall 23, adjacent the rear end thereof, has an upwardly extending short vertical Wall 39 from which there extends outwardly a horizontal wall 3!. Extending downwardly from the outer end of the horizontal wall 3| is a short downwardly extending vertical wall 32 from which there extends inwardly a short horizontal flange 33 aligned with the main portion of the bottom wall 20. the outer edge of the flange 33 is spaced from the vertical wall for the purpose hereinafter appearing. The top wall 23 has a downwardly projecting wall 38 from which there extends outwardly a horizontal wall 39. Extending upwardly from the horizontal wall 39 is a vertical wall 40 aligned with the vertical wall 32 on the bottom wall 20. Extending inwardly from the top of said Wall 49 is a horizontal flange 4| disposed in the same plane as the top wall 23. The outer edge of said flange 4| is spaced from the vertical wall 38. The rear portions of said bottom walls 20 and 23, as will be explained in detail hereinafter, constitute guides supporting a pair of screen telescoping plates or members 44 and 45, which together constitute an extensible back wall and support 41 for the window box.

The member 44 comprises a vertical wall 48 formed with a plurality of parallel rows of openings 49 adjacent the inner end thereof. Extending from the outer end of the wall 48 is a flange 50. Extending inwardly from the top and bottom sides of wall 48 are horizontal walls 5| formed with inwardly extending vertical aligned flanges 52, contacting the vertical walls 39 and 38 of the bottom and top walls 20 and 23.

The member comprises a vertical wall 53, likewise formed with a plurality of rows of slots 54, adjacent the inner end thereof, aligned with the slots 49 of the member 44. The members 44 and 45 overlap at the inner ends thereof and the wall 53 contacts the inner surface of the wall 48. At the top and bottom thereof, the said wall 48 It will be noted that has walls 56, contacting the inner surface of the walls Extending from said walls 56 are inwardly projecting vertical aligned flanges 51 contacting the inner surface of the flanges 52.

As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, the flanges 33 and 4| of the bottom and top walls 20 and 23 contact the inner surface of the flanges 51.

It will now be understood that the members 44 and 45 may be slidably moved with respect to one another, to increase or decrease the length of the extensible back wall 41.

The outer ends of the members 44 and 45 engage within the grooves l4 of the side portion of the window frame, and the box rests on the strip I1 and window sill II. The window I5 may be lowered sufficiently to contact, the top of the member 41. Air may pass into the box through the openings 49 and 54. It will be noted that at the middle of the box, said openings overlap. Food or other provisions or victuals may be placed within the box and air may enter the box without entering the room. The outer portions of the members 44, 45 which extend beyond the ends of the box, are imperforate and close the spaces between the window and window sill on opposite sides of the box. Food may be placed into or removed from the box by opening the cover 25.

In Fig. 4, there is shown a modified construction wherein a window box lOa has a bottom wall 10, a top wall 1| and end walls 12. The rear of the window box is supported by an extensible member 41, similar to the one shown in Fig. 2. The front of the door is open, but may be closed by a hinged cover 15 hinged to the front edge of the bottom wall and connected to the end walls by means of inter-pivoted links 11.

The door when swung downwardly to horizontal position, serves as a shelf for placing articles removed from the box.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a window box having a top wall and a bottom wall, the rear end of each of said walls being characterized by an inwardly extending vertical wall, a horizontal outwardly projecting wall extending from said vertical wall, a second vertical wall projecting outwardly from said horizontal wall, and a flange extending horizontally inwardly from said second vertical wall, said box having a pair of relatively movable contacting rear walls, each of said rear walls having upper and lower edges, each edge formed with inwardly and downwardly extending flanges positioned within and cooperating with the vertical walls and horizontal flange of the top and bottom walls of said box, said rear walls each having its inner portion perforated and its outer portion imperforate.

LINDA F. SEIFERT. 

